Situated one kilometre north-west of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xian's
southern suburb, the Shaanxi Provincial History Museum - a striking Tang-Dynasty
style pavilion, houses a large collection of 113,000 historic and cultural
artefacts unearthed in Shaanxi. It is an absolute must for every visitor to the
city.

The main complex is a mixture of ancient palaces and courtyard buildings,
harmonious and graceful in hue, in simple and elegant style. The exhibits on the
ground and first floors are arranged in roughly three parts: Basic Exhibition
Hall, the Theme Exhibition Hall and East Exhibition Hall.As well as the
chronological dynastic exhibits including the Han, Wei, Jin, North and South,
Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, the pre-historical and bronze
period exhibits, together with terra cotta figures and murals from tombs of the
Tang Dynasty, are highly recommended.

Basic Exhibition Hall

This hall focuses on the pre-history times of Shaanxi and cultural relics and
remains from the dynasties of the Zhou, the Qin, the Han and the Tang. The hall
includes the Preface Hall, the Shaanxi local history exhibition hall, and the
central hall. The exhibition is divided into seven parts of the stone age, the
dynasties of the Zhou, the Qin, the Han, the Wei, the Jin, the South and North
Dynasty, the Sui, the Tang, the Song, the Yuan, the Ming and the Qing.

East Exhibition Hall

This hall mainly holds temporary exhibitions from home and abroad. The hall
has held several exhibitions including 'The Zhaoling Mausoleum's Fine Cultural
Relics Exhibition', 'The Tang Dynasty's Tomb Real Murals Exhibition', 'Grand
Exhibition of Gold and Silver Vessels from the Tang Dynasty', 'Exhibition of
Costumes of Women in the Tang Dynasty', 'Exhibition of Cultural Relics of
Empress Wu Zetian and Women in the Tang dynasty' etc.

Theme Exhibition Hall

This hall is 2,500 square meters in size and it is mainly for holding various
types of theme exhibitions with a focus on Shaanxi local cultural
characteristics. Many exhibitions such as 'Shaanxi Fine Bronze Objects
Exhibition' and 'Many Dynasties' Fine Terra-cotta Figures Exhibition' etc. have
been held here.

A science and technology center has been built for the preservation of
relics. Language is not a barrier, because the computer-controlled,
international symposium hall provides spontaneous interpretation into six
different languages

2 Days Xi'an Coach Tour without Hotel Packageby Sekar RajuOn day 1, we visited Banpo Neolithic Village Museum, Terrocotta & Lacquer furniture art factory and Terrocotta Warriors and Horses Museum. Our tour guide was Mr. Leo and he picked us from hotel on time at 9am. An air conditioned van was arranged for the trip. Mr. Leo was very kind and knowledgeable person and his English was quite good. He explained the history and importance of the places very well. The entrance tickets were covered by the tour More ..4 of 5 Stars!